Seed firms to pay just 1,300cr as compensation for crop loss to Maharashtra cotton...

Soon after the pest attack, the Maharashtra government announced a compensation of Rs 30,800 a hectare to the affected farmers in a region already reeling under an agrarian crisis. Of this, Rs 16,000 a hectare was to to be paid by seed companies under the Maharashtra Cotton Seeds Act.

from Hindustan Times - mumbai https://ift.tt/2Ppyr1e